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[USN-7545-3] Apport regression

Posted on 14 July 2025
Ubuntu Security

==========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7545-3
July 14, 2025

apport regression
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 25.04
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

USN-7545-1 introduced a regression in Apport

Software Description:
- apport: automatically generate crash reports for debugging

Details:

USN-7545-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Apport. The update introduced a
regression that raised an error if a crashing process was killed while
Apport was analyzing it. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

Qualys discovered that Apport incorrectly handled metadata when
processing application crashes. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to leak sensitive information.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 25.04
apport 2.32.0-0ubuntu5.3
python3-apport 2.32.0-0ubuntu5.3

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
apport 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.8
python3-apport 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.8

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
apport 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.9
python3-apport 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.9

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
apport 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.30
python3-apport 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.30

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
apport 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.29+esm3
Available with Ubuntu Pro
python-apport 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.29+esm3
Available with Ubuntu Pro
python3-apport 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.29+esm3
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
apport 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm7
Available with Ubuntu Pro
python-apport 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm7
Available with Ubuntu Pro
python3-apport 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm7
Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.32.0-0ubuntu5.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.28.1-0ubuntu3.8
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.20.11-0ubuntu82.9
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/2.20.11-0ubuntu27.30

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